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Guild Esports has signed a three-year deal with hummel

Game Development News

Guild Esports has announced a three-year deal with Danish sportswear and fashion brand hummel

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GameStop circles the drain

Game Daily

Of course, this still happens, but the rise of digital sales has significantly diminished their financial significance, and thereby the power of GameStop, America’s biggest physical games retailer. Over the years, various attempts to diversify into digital retailing, mobile phones and, most recently, NFTs, have come to nothing.

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The UK Games market grew to £7 billion in 2020

Gamesbrief

I’m sure anyone reading this blog realises that the Gamestop shenanigans in the US are nothing to do with the underlying opportunity for retail, but still, that’s a pretty small market, although it did grow by 7% in 2020. I can’t quite see where “esports revenue” is captured.

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Business Savvy – Brian Ward on what Savvy is currently up to in the games and esports industries, and why

Game Development News

Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, tells Vince Pavey about its mission to drive the growth and development of the games industry in Saudi Arabia and beyond

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The future of gaming is as opaque as ever

Game Daily

They attract rampant financial speculation, leading to esports-like bubbles that must inevitably deflate. Like esports, it is the focus of unwise speculation and hype. Individually and collectively, these terms complicate our view of the future, because they are manifestations of the fleeting present.

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How to make the jump from developing a game to running a game platform

AWS Games

This digital transformation wave affected several industries, from retail to healthcare, from hospitality to financial services. Today it has expanded to other media such as Riot’s League of Legends Netflix animation and Music business, or through different TV and online formats such as the LoL Esports tournaments.

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Web3 Gaming Consolidates to Survive

Deconstructor of Fun

Polygon has a huge ecosystem of games, art collections, big retail brands (like Starbucks), and so many more. Another example of changing priorities and consolidating resources can be seen in the partnership between Polygon and IMX.

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